Carry /(?)/

Car·ry

Carry

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying

  1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
    When he dieth he shall carry nothing away.
    — Ps. xiix. 17.
    Devout men carried Stephen to his burial.
    — Acts viii, 2.
    Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
    The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles.
  2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
    If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds.
  3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
    Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
    He carried away all his cattle.
    — Gen. xxxi. 18.
    Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
  4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
  5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
  6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
    The carrying of our main point.
  7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
    The town would have been carried in the end.
  8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
    He thought it carried something of argument in it.
    — Watts.
    It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
    — Lacke.
  9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
    He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
  10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

Phrases & Compounds
Carry arms
a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry.
To carry all before one
to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.
To carry arms
To bear weapons.
To carry away
to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast.
To carry coals
to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation.
To carry coals to Newcastle
to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor.
To carry off
To remove to a distance.
To carry on
To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design.
To carry out
To bear from within.
To carry through
To convey through the midst of.
To carry up
to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.
To carry weight
To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.

Carry

v. i.
  1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
  2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
  3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
  4. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. (Hunting)

Phrases & Compounds
To carry on
to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner.

Carry

n.

pl. Carries

  1. A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.